@article{ATM33912,
author = {Hengrui Liang and Lujiao Ye and Wenhua Liang and Runchen Wang and Fan Ge and Lihua Fan and Yao Zhu and Grace S. Li and Stephen D. Wang and Kevin Phan and Alan Sihoe and Kaiping Zhang and Jianxing He},
title = {Potential factors of specialists’ willingness to write editorial and commentary: a retrospective study based on 5,091 invitations},
journal = {Annals of Translational Medicine},
volume = {7},
number = {24},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: Editorials and commentaries (E/C) are common article categories and usually solicited by editors in many journals. However, not all experts accept invitation for an E/C essay for a variety of reasons. We conducted this study to explore the potential influence factors contributing whether an invitation to write E/C is accepted by a specialist.
Methods: Data of invited E/C from all journals of AME Publishing Company between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2018 were retrospectively identified and consecutively collected. Acceptance of writing E/C from experts was recorded as “positive”, while acceptance without submission, refusal, or no response, were all recorded as “negative”. Factors that could potentially affect invitation acceptance were generally categorized as being related to three areas: original studies, inviting journals, and experts.
Results: A total of 5,091 invitations were sent to 4,788 experts from 79 different countries or areas to write E/C on 695 research papers from 43 journals, with a total positive acceptance rate of 18.88%. Greece (40.54%), India (36.8%), and Brazil (35.42%) were the top three countries for acceptance rate. Surgeons (surgeons 23.80% vs. non-surgeons 17.05%; P},
issn = {2305-5847}, url = {https://atm.amegroups.org/article/view/33912}
}